Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 108 My mother's fierce words

This time, Gong Tianwu chatted with Ali for more than three hours, and even went a step further and played a palm reading game with her. He finally fulfilled his good brother's wish and did not leave until his mother called.

After returning home, Madam Gong Abao looked her son up and down and said:
"Tianwu?"

She has now gotten used to her eldest son's frequent appearances.

Gong Tianwu nodded.

Madam Gong said:
"I just came home from playing mahjong and saw you chatting happily with that girl at the cendol ice stand?"

Gong Tianwu spread his hands and said:

"Mom, my brother likes her."

Madam Gong said with disdain:
"After you told me this last time, I went to see her. She looked like a bean sprout, with freckles on her face. She wasn't pretty at all."

"Not only that, but there are big problems at home. My mom is a dancer, and my dad was convicted of molesting a boy and was sentenced to seven years in prison. How could we possibly marry into a family like that?"

Gong Tianwu was also somewhat stunned when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Madam Gong continue:
"If your brother really likes her, then he can play around with her. If she gets pregnant, there will be no problem in having a baby. Our Gong family will not treat her badly, but marrying her is absolutely not allowed."

After hearing Madam Gong's words, Gong Tianwu was extremely shocked. His mother looked gentle and kind, but she was such a scumbag in her heart. She could even say such shocking and vicious words.
Madam Gong continued:
"If your brother has other girls he likes, tell me about them. He's going to have more children in the future anyway."

"The eldest child will definitely have the surname Gong. The second child will be adopted under your name to prevent you from cutting off the family line. The third child will take my surname, and your grandparents will definitely be happy. The fourth child would be best to be a girl, as your father would like that."

At this moment, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt his entire sea of ​​consciousness vibrate. Knowing that the fusion was most likely complete, he said simply:

"Mom, I'm tired. I'm going to rest first. Let my brother talk to you."

After saying this, he closed his eyes and returned to his sea of ​​consciousness.

When he re-entered the sea of ​​consciousness this time, Gong Tianwu's first reaction was that the capacity of this sea of ​​consciousness had increased a lot, at least twice as much as before, and a ball of light that looked like the sun was suspended in the center, making it impossible to look at it directly!

Sensing Gong Tianwu's consciousness entering, the light of the light ball gradually dimmed, and then a light golden little dragon rushed out, spreading its scales and claws, and flying freely in the air.

Gong Tianwu took a closer look and found that this little dragon had only three toes on its claws, indicating that its status among dragons was still not high.

Because five is the most precious among dragons, the five-clawed golden dragon has the highest status. Even the emperor of earth who calls himself the true dragon emperor calls himself the Nine-Five Supreme.

Immediately, the light golden dragon flew straight towards Gong Tianwu. When it was about to get close, it rolled on the ground and turned into the image of a woman.

The woman was tall, with long hair cascading down to her waist. She had blue pupils in her eyes and faint scales on her body, making her look mysterious and noble. She was wearing a long gown that appeared to be made of silk, with long tassels at the bottom.

Gong Tianwu said tentatively:
"Kang?"

The woman didn't answer either, but walked around a few steps, as if she was adjusting to her new body.

When she walked, the color of her long hair changed subtly with her mood, sometimes deep blue like the sea, sometimes sparkling silver-white like the Milky Way, which contrasted with the faintly visible dragon scales on her body and added a sense of otherworldly temperament.

After two minutes, she let out a long breath and said:
"It took us such a long time to be reunited after we parted that day!"

Gong Tianwu said:

"Everything in this world is always more about separation than gathering. Flowers bloom and fade, flowers fade and bloom. Everything in the world cannot escape the words flourish and wither."

The woman said:

"You do have a point."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Are you still hyper?"

The woman nodded and said:
"It's time to tell you my origins."

Gong Tianwu nodded:

"I'm all ears."

The woman said:

"My true form is the Donghuang Bell. It was shattered after the great war between gods and demons in the upper realm. With its last remaining power, it was scattered throughout the heavens and myriad worlds."

"The entire surface of the Donghuang Bell is divided into 28 areas, corresponding to the 28 constellations in the sky. Mine corresponds to Kang Jin Long."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu suddenly realized:

"No wonder you are called Kang, it turns out the root is here."

Kang then said:
"Now my main body has gathered all the areas where Kang Su is located, so the corresponding magical powers that can be bestowed on you have also been improved to varying degrees, and you have obtained new magical powers."

As she spoke, the corresponding information emerged in Gong Tianwu's mind:

Passive ability of the artifact: Soul healing effect is improved, so that the healing effect obtained by the soul-bound object is increased by 100% (if it can be increased), and the injury recovery speed is increased by 100%.

Passive ability of the divine object: Resurrection gains an additional bonus, at the cost of causal points + soul life, allowing the soul-bound object to ignore the mystery of the womb, constantly reincarnate, resurrect, etc. The consumption during reincarnation is halved, and additional choices can be obtained.

Passive ability of the magical object: Heavenly music gains an additional bonus, allowing the bound object to perform musical skills, the effect of the magical power is increased by 150%, and it will ignore the resistance of most targets. At the same time, the magical power: Music Refining Art is automatically obtained.

Passive ability of the magic item: Talented gains an additional bonus, which increases the bound object's training speed by 66% when learning any skills.

Passive ability of the fetish: Reborn (newly activated) (passive). After the bound object is reincarnated, three additional options can be selected when drawing talents.

Fetish Passive Ability: Being Hunted (Negative). (No change)
Special magical power: Excellent talent (newly activated) (active). After activation, all attributes of the reincarnated body will be permanently increased by +5 (including bones and blessings). However, activating this magical power will cause a great burden on the body, so it is best to activate it when the body is mature.

Special magical power: The art of reading minds has been upgraded to a basic understanding. The bound person can capture the minds and thoughts of people around him more frequently. The minds and thoughts related to himself will be captured first, and it is more likely to be effective against powerful people.

Special magical power: Donghuang Yin (newly activated) (active), at a huge cost, temporarily awaken some of the power of Donghuang Bell, shock all nearby enemies! Make them completely out of control, and break all illusions, illusions, and mazes! Each use consumes 15 years of the soul life of the master.

***
After carefully digesting the above information, Gong Tianwu was of course quite happy. After all, the improvement brought by Kang this time was truly extremely huge.

Then he became very interested in the art of refining music. After studying it carefully, he frowned because he felt that this thing seemed to be used to refine some magic weapon.

The key is that the materials needed to refine this magic weapon are extremely complicated, and the materials need to be soaked for a year or two. Moreover, the use of this thing seems to be very strange, and we can only know its specific use after it is refined.

As time went by, Gong Tianwu received Kang's hint:
"The opportunity has arrived. Please prepare to go to the other plane."

Before Gong Tianwu could reply, the prompt appeared again:
"You currently have two Karma Bodhi seeds, which give you two chances to inherit the skills and items from your previous life."

"But please note that the items you specify must meet the following conditions."

"If it was within two meters of your body before you died, and you owned it, and you carried it for more than an hour, there will be no restrictions on the skills you designated to inherit from your previous life."

"If it is a designated inheritance item, it is a separate item. For example, a storage bag is just a storage bag and does not include the items inside."

Gong Tianwu's eyes flashed, and he immediately said:
"I choose to inherit the Purple Qi Cave True Secret Technique."

The prompt of Kang appears immediately:

"Your Purple Qi Cave Secret in your previous life has reached an unprecedented level, and you have become a Martial Saint because of it."

"If you choose to inherit this technique, you will be limited by many hardware and may not be able to fully unleash its power."

Gong Tianwu was confused after hearing this, so he asked:

"Be more specific."

Kang then reminded:
"The way of martial arts is to focus on one's fundamental strength. Without the support of fundamental strength, it will be difficult to fully exert one's strength."

"Because you are using the direct soul descent method, only the soul can be strengthened, but martial arts require the cooperation of the body and soul to exert the greatest power."

"If your soul descended into a body of the type of Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, then of course there is no problem. But if your soul descended into a body of the type of Wu Dalang, then of course the problem will be greatly reduced."

After hearing this, Gong Tianwu hesitated for a moment, but then he said firmly:

"Bring it!" Kang continued:
"Another point I want to make is that when it comes to reincarnation, using a corpse to revive is actually the worst option, and it has many disadvantages. The best way is to be reborn."

"So you were a baby when you were born. Even if you inherited the Purple Air Cave Secret Technique that shocked the ancient and modern times, it is impossible for you to become a baby martial saint directly."

"This will be a gradual process. Only when your body matures can you unleash the full power of a martial saint, so you must practice diligently."

Gong Tianwu said:

"This is natural."

Kang reminded:

"But everything has its pros and cons. If you directly choose to inherit the Purple Qi Cave Secret, then the negative interference of martial arts on cultivation will be weakened to the extreme."

Gong Tianwu smiled brightly upon hearing this and said:
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Kang continued:
"There is one more very important thing."

Gong Tianwu said seriously:

"You speak."

Kang said seriously:

"Since you have chosen to inherit the Purple Air Cave Secret Technique, you must have plans to use the Magnificent Scale to reach a higher level in the Martial Saint realm."

Gong Tianwu said:

"Of course, your inference is absolutely correct. Is it difficult on your side?"

Kang Dao:

"The difficulty on my side is almost zero, but you will be in big trouble."

Gong Tianwu said:

"How to say?"

Kang Dao:

"The realm above Martial Saint is called Martial Extreme! After reaching this realm, one is no longer human, but has completely evolved into a completely new species."

"Unless you have reached the peak of martial saint strength, if you use the magnificent scale to forcibly improve yourself, the only outcome will be an explosion and death."

Gong Tianwu's face twitched, and he felt that the script was not quite the same as he had imagined, but he could only sigh and say:
"Is the risk so great? Okay! I get it."

The next locked spot made Gong Tianwu feel troubled.

First of all, the blood wheel power in the mental method is definitely not something you can use, as it has great negative effects and also requires blood and flesh essence as auxiliary materials for cultivation.

The Wanling Thunder Method requires the support of talent. If you don't have talent, you can't learn it at all. And its practice method is also firmly remembered by Gong Tianwu, so it would be a waste to use it on it.

As for weapons, the Purple Bamboo Dagger of the Void Pupil Organization is actually quite good, but it is also quite conspicuous. Once used, it will be easily identified. If it attracts the attention of the Void Pupil Organization and you are still in the developmental stage, wouldn’t that be a big trouble?
After much deliberation, Gong Tianwu finally chose a storage bag with the largest capacity.

Its advantages are not to be mentioned, it is concealed, safe, inconspicuous, widely used, and can withstand investigation.
Of course, the main reason why Gong Tianwu chose this item was that he had fantasized more than once when he was playing a game called WOW on Earth. How cool it would be if he was given an extra 32-slot bag at the beginning of the game!
Hints began to appear in front of his eyes:

Start to enter the world of immortal heroes...

Start calculating the arrangement of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches...

Start searching for regions. Calculating,
Start looking for the right person.
Find success!

You will be reincarnated this time.

A total of seven birthplaces were selected and nineteen candidates were locked in.

Enter the preliminary elimination stage.
The primary eliminations are over!
Please make your final selection!

Then Gong Tianwu was given many corresponding options, and the first one that appeared in front of him was the region.
1. Chen's family in Xunshan Town, Xiangping County. His father is a farmer and his family is poor. It is located in the northeast region. (Wu)
2. The Zhu family in Wanchun County is a family of tailors with average financial situation, located in the southeast region.

3. Lin family in Guma Town, PS County. His father is a jade merchant. The family is wealthy and located in the extreme northwest. (Rich)
4. The Xu family in Xingshan County, but soon after he was born, his parents died and he was adopted by a mean aunt. Located in the southwest area. (Yuan)
5. The Wuma County Prince’s family. His father is the county governor and he has four older sisters.

Gong Tianwu was a little surprised for a moment, but then he understood that this should be an extra benefit from Kang, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the complete version.

The passive ability of the divine object: After the resurrection was strengthened, it was made very clear that the soul life consumed during reincarnation was halved, and additional choices could be obtained. Isn’t that right?

Looking at this explanation, Gong Tianwu asked curiously:
"What do the words 武, 富, 缘 mean?"

The reply came quickly:

"Martial arts means that if you are born here, you will have a high chance of learning a high-level martial art."

"Rich means that the family will be prosperous and wealthy in the future."

"Fate means that after being reborn here, there is a chance that you will get a good opportunity."

After pondering for a while, Gong Tianwu mainly wavered between 5 and 4.

Why choose 4? After all, the chance of being considered good by Kang is quite tempting.

The fifth option may seem ordinary, but he was born into a county magistrate's family, which means he has everything he needs at the beginning. What's more, he has four older sisters. If a boy suddenly comes along, won't the family spoil him to the sky?
After some hesitation, Gong Tianwu chose the fourth option.

After all, no matter how hard it is, as long as I learn to walk, I will get the resources that the county magistrate's office can get sooner or later. But once you miss the opportunity, it will never come again.

After selecting the fourth item, Gong Tianwu suddenly felt blurry and then began to feel dizzy.

The whole person began to be in a strange hazy state, and many rapidly rotating clocks began to appear around him, and the illusion of an hourglass with an astonishing flow rate began to appear.
News began to appear rapidly in front of my eyes, along with a series of dazzling images:
You have entered the managed state.
You can end this state at any time! Your soul life will not be consumed in this state.

Start your life summary now:
You were born! You are a healthy baby. Your parents are very happy about this and named you Xu Tianwu.

When you were four years old, your father was killed by bandits while traveling for business. Your mother was so grief-stricken that she fell ill and entrusted you to your uncle before she died. However, your uncle was a coward and your aunt was mean by nature, so you suffered a lot.

Your sixth birthday is coming soon, but you have already started to be ordered to do various housework. Fortunately, although your uncle doesn't dare to say much, he often brings you some food in private, so your nutrition is good and you can barely keep up.

Seeing this, Gong Tianwu was already a little angry, and immediately couldn't help but said angrily:

"How dare she? I'm going to teach this evil woman a lesson!"

As soon as he said this, he immediately got a hint from Kang:
"Do you want to exit standby mode and officially enter your body to begin your life in this life?"

Gong Tianwu immediately said:

"Yes!"

***
After a burst of ripples in front of his eyes, Gong Tianwu suddenly opened his eyes.

But unlike his previous reincarnations, this time he woke up without any side effects, because this body was tailor-made for him.

First, Gong Tianwu moved his body and found that his little hands and feet were not used to it, but he knew in his heart that it would be fine after a while.

It's like having a dental implant installed. At first, it just doesn't feel right and there's a strong foreign body sensation.

Two or three days later, "Where is the foreign body?" "Are you kidding me? I've never had a tooth filled before?"

Then he realized that he was very cold because he was sleeping in a pile of straw, his clothes were very thin, and he was also very hungry.
Not only that, after moving his hands and feet, Gong Tianwu found that his shoulders and waist were aching slightly, there were obvious bruises, and blood blisters on his hands and feet, it seemed that he worked hard on a daily basis.

From this we can infer that there is indeed a mean aunt-in-law causing trouble, and it is almost abusive.

"But it doesn't matter. Isn't this why I came here?"

(End of this chapter)